Villagarcia del Llano / Gil García / Villagarcía del Llano

INFORMATION

FontID: 16981VIL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago Apóstol

Church Patron Saints: St. James

Country Name: Spain

Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha

Directions to Site: Located near the Albacete provincial border, 45 km from Albacete capital, 113 from Cuenca capital [Coordinates: 39° 19′ 0″ N, 1° 50′ 0″ W 39.316667, -1.833333]

Century and Period: Medieval

Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]

Font Notes: Click to view

The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) remarks that Nieto Taberné found this font a later model of the one at Gascas de Alarcón [now in Olmedilla de Alarcón No. 2]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2009